Stone, Ruth M.

Theory for ethnomusicology / Ruth M. Stone. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008. - xiii, 242 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-235) and index.

Inquiry in ethnomusicology -- Cultural evolutionism and diffusionism in comparative musicology -- Structural-functionalist approaches -- Linguistic approaches -- Paradigmatic structuralism -- Marxist explanations -- Literary and dramaturgical theories -- Cognition and communication theory -- Performance theory in ethnomusicology -- Gender, ethnicity, and identity issues -- Phenomenology and experiential ethnomusicology -- Historical research -- Postmodern, postcolonial, and global issues -- Convergence and divergence in theory today.

9780132408400 (alk. paper) 0132408406 (alk. paper)

2007020333


Ethnomusicology.
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

ML3798 / .S76 2008

780.89/ / STO